HORTICULTURE 



December 4, 1915 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



HOUSTON FLOWER SHOW. 



Houston's fall flower show was a 

 notable success and amply repaid the 

 workers who gave their time and ef- 

 fort to the cause. The influence of 

 such a well-or/Jered and creditable ex- 

 hibition cannot be other than educa- 

 tional and elevating to the community 

 and, eventually, conducive to the pros- 

 perity of commercial floriculture in the 

 section of the country where it was 

 held. As our illustrations indicate 

 some wise and enterprising publicity 

 was set in motion with a view to focus- 

 ing public attention on the affair. The 

 picture showing the ladies who parti- 

 cipated in the opening ceremonies suf- 

 ficiently indicates that the public in- 

 terest was effectively corralled. The 

 bridal flower array as seen in the illus- 

 tration could not fail to captivate in 

 any city and was an innovation of 

 more than passing merit. Among the 

 prize winners were R. C. Kerr, who 

 was the live wire behind the enter- 

 prise and who won a whole string of 

 premiums for artistic floral work; 

 H. W. Kuhlmann, who also won many 

 honors, and Mrs. M. A. Hanson. Many 

 out-of-town displays were made, not 

 for competition, which helped very 

 materially towards the general effec- 

 tiveness of the display. It is proposed 

 that this fall exhibition be made an 

 annual event. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 

 Philadelphia, March 25 to April 2, 1916 

 When the National Flower Show 

 Committee took a lease of Convention 

 Hall, the building in which the Na- 

 tional Flower Show is to be held, they 

 had some misgivings as to whether the 

 Show could occupy the tremendous 

 amount of floor space presented. Sub- 

 sequent preparations, however, have 

 shown that instead of being too big. 

 the hall is really too small; conse- 

 quently, the floor plan as originally 

 arranged has had to be altered to ac- 

 commodate the pressure already felt 

 upon the space. The space set apart 

 for the trade exhibits has been mini- 

 mized, and every available inch has 

 been relegated to the area required for 

 the competitive exhibits. It is not too 

 soon to state that the exhibition will 

 fill the building completely. The Na- 

 tional Flower Show Committee ad- 



Partial View Houston- Flower Show. Display of Park Floral Co., Denver, in foreground. 



vance the idea of "Show first," there- 

 fore other interests must give way. 

 Those who have already taken space 

 in the trade section have acted wisely, 

 for even at this early date the space 

 available for trade displays is nearly 

 all reserved, and it is only a matter of 

 a few weeks before all the space will 

 be taken up. Among those who have 

 contracted for space are the following: 

 H. F. .Mklicll Co.. Pliila. ; Ht-nry A. 

 Dret-r. Iiio.. Phila.; A. N. Pierson, Inc.. 

 Cromwell. Conn.: Joseph Heaoock Co., Inc., 

 W.vncote, Pa.; Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.; 

 Hon Arbor Chemical Co., Paterson, N. J.; 

 .T. L. Dillon. Bloomsburg, Pa.: Coldwell 

 I:a\vii Mower Co., Newburgh. N. Y. : 

 Thomas Meehan & Sons. Germautown, Pa.: 

 .VIphano Humus Co., New York-Phila. : 

 ('loche Co., New York: F. R. Pierson. 

 Tarr.vtown. N. Y. : Lord & Bvirnhani Co.. 

 New York-Phila.; George D, Stillman, Wes 

 terl.v. K. I.: Spencer Heater Co.. .Scranton. 

 Pa.: Kichmond Cedar AYorks. Ricbmnnd. 

 Va,; Hitchings & Co., Elizabeth. N. J.; \V. 

 .\tlee Burpee & Co.. Phila.: Metropolitan 

 Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. : Galloway 

 Terra Cotta Co.. Phila. : Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, Beacon. N. Y.: S. S. Skidelsky & 

 Co., Phila.; The Pfalt/.graff Pottery Co., 

 Y'ork, Pa.; Gude Bros. Co.. Washington. 

 1>. C. : Robert Craig Co., Phila.: Conard 

 & .Jones Co.. \Vest Grove, Pa.: S. S. Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Co.. Phila. : Julius Roehrs Co., 

 Rutherford, N. J.; R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 



Boston ; W. K. Harris, Phila. ; Bobbink & 

 Atkins, Rutherford. N. J. ; John A. Evans 

 Co., Richmond. Ind. ; Vaughan'.^ Seed Store, 

 Chicago-New I'ork : Knight & Struck Co., 

 New Y'ork ; The Florists' Exchange. New 

 York: B.Hammond Tracy, Wenham. Mass. ; 

 Kirke Chemical Co., Brooklyn. N. Y. ; An- 

 dorra Nurseries. Phila.: Charles Grakelow, 

 Phila. : S. P. Townsend & Co., Orange, N. 

 .T. : J. A. Peterson & Sons. Cincinnati, O. ; 

 M. Rice & Co., Phila.; John Kuhn. Phila.; 

 H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. Phila. : Harry S. 

 Betz. Phila.: Jos. Neidinger & Co.. Phila.; 

 Chas. Henry Pox, Phila.: Voltax Paint & 

 Var. Co., Phila. ; The Garland Co., Cleve- 

 land, O. 



The Schedule Committee has just 

 completed the Second Preliminary 

 Schedule, and the same will be mailed 

 to those interested in a few days. The 

 prizes offered approximate a grand to- 

 tal of $20,000, eclipsing the schedules 

 of all preceding National Flower 

 Shows. 



The bid for feature exhibits is well 

 exemplified in the offer of $600 for 

 Rose Gardens, with a prospect of the 

 prizes being increased to $1000 in this 

 class. John Young, Sec'y. 



53 West 28th street. New York. 



Exhibits of Bridal Flowers at Houston Flower Show. 



NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL 

 FLOWER SHOW 



In recognition of the public interest 

 attaching to New York's big flower 

 show, April 5 to 12, 191G, the Park De- 

 partment of the City of New York, 

 through Commissioner Cabot Ward, 

 has communicated to Secretary John 

 Young, its intention of staging an ex- 

 hibit at the forthcoming show which 

 shall at least equal the magnificent 

 display made at last spring's show. An 

 exhibit of this character is greatly ap- 

 preciated by the management, because 

 it reflects in great measure the inter- 

 est taken in floriculture by our civic 

 government whose efforts to promote 

 the love of flowers and plants among 

 its citizens need no exploitation. It 

 goes without saying that Park Super- 



